Projects

Silver Swan

A compelling group of performers moves through the cavernous Turbine Hall, struggling to form a chorus and even to keep their balance. Seven unaccompanied singers re-imagine two 17th Century songs, by John Smith and William Lawes . weaving their melodies into a dense and haunting texture to create a completely new piece of contemporary music.

The Silver Swan who living had no note

'till death approached unlocked her silent throat

Leaning her breast against the reedy shore

She sang her first and last and sang no more

Farewell all joys

Death come close my eyes

More geese than swans now live

More fools than wise

The performance will last for approximately 25 minutes. Limited capacity.

Edinburgh 2005

The piece has been presented both as a 'choreographed concert' and as a theatre piece featuring additional actors. Silver Swan has been performed in a variety of venues, most recently in the magnificent McEwan Hall as part of the Edinburgh Festival 2005

Different in every incarnation of performance, theatrically Silver Swan is re-directed to respond to the environment it is performed in. In the magnificent Rapheal Room at the V & A Museum, for example, the piece was a poetic take on the music where the singers, dressed in immaculate white dresses, struggle to form a chorus, and sometimes struggle even to keep their balance. In the enormous McEwan Hall, Edinburgh, three actors joined the company and played out a parallel drama amidst the dozens of doorways and balconies as the audience perched high above in the gallery.

Welcome to Fuel's 2018 Season

We look to the future with new shows, projects and partnership for 2018On 23rd November at a special event to celebrate the re-opening of Barber Shop Chronicles at the National Theatre we announced some of the highlights of our 2018 Season. These include a new show by Rachael Ofori, an Austrailia and New Zeland tour of Inua Ellams' Barber Shop Chronicles and a new sound commission called Lock Her Up.

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